No need for Yingbao to watch the excitement. Come evening, Aunt Wang came again to visit Jiang's house, sharing with Chunniang the interesting happenings she witnessed.
"The Chen family just had a division of property."
Aunt Wang, grinning as she accepted a red date steamed bun from Chunniang, said, "Ah, you wouldn't know. Feng from the Chen family moved all the contents of the moneybox to the yard and smashed it; there was only ten and a bit taels of silver inside, ours is even more than theirs."
Ever since Aunt Wang started growing golden ears with Jiang, her life improved day by day. The last sale of their golden ears brought in more than twenty taels of silver; subtract the autumn tax and repayment of debts, and there was still more than ten taels left.
Chunniang asked cheerfully, "How much did each of their houses get then?"